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Solid Roll Product Formed From Surface Rewinder With Belt And Winding Drum Forming a Winding Nest

US 11,383,946 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 12, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case".

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.

Held by BW Converting, Inc.
Filed Apr 17, 2020 as application 16/851,661 · Granted Jul 12, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 257 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Jul 12, 2026
2020 2040
Clock starts
Apr 17, 2020
No longer in force
Jul 12, 2026
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Term would have run to
May 17, 2039
base term after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
257
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,046,540.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 17, 2020, when this application, 16/851,661, was filedApr 17, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+257 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 30, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,046,540)capped to May 17, 2039High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsThe fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"lapsed Jul 12, 2026Medium confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 12, 2026Medium confidence

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